In 2001, thirteen-year old Paul was struck by a car while riding his bicycle without a helmet. His family’s life was turned upside down as they cared for him. Dixie Coskie has told her and her family’s incredible journey through the first year of Paul’s recovery in her previous book "Unthinkable: A Mother’s Tragedy, Terror and Triumph through a Child’s Traumatic Brain Injury." Now in her second book "Unthinkable: Tips for Surviving a Child’s Traumatic Brain Injury," Coskie provides hope and help to parents in the same situation by focusing on necessary information for parents.
Unthinkable is divided into ten sections of tips, beginning with addressing the steps and components of preparedness. Other tips include what friends should or should not do, how to help other children in the family through the event, and reminders to take care of yourself and to include humor in your life.

Author Susie Dunham, Midwestern mom and former nurse, never suspected her son Michael was anything but a typical college student with big dreams until he developed schizophrenia shortly after his 21st birthday. Beyond Schizophrenia informs readers about the nightmare world of mental illness in America including psychiatric wards, indifferent nursing staffs, and the trial-and-error world of psychotropic meds. Michael's ultimate recovery and remission comes with plenty of traumatic incidents involving both ignorance and stigma, but his courage and quest for dignity will inspire all readers.

by Michelle May, MD
Eat mindfully and with intention for a healthier you!
This is an easy read and very interesting book. May breaks down the destructive eating cycles that cause us to over eat or make the wrong choices. She successfully takes the emotion out of it and puts you in charge of yourself!

I've been using self-guided imagery for that past 40+ years and I can attest that it works but like anything else we need to be diligent. And even more so, we need to accept the end result as our own truth and wisdom. I've also assisted many others in imagery with remarkable results from completely removing a cancerous tumor to manifesting careers, relationships, and money.

Author Alan Smith through his book "How to UnBreak Your Health," shares a guide to discover how your body, mind, and energy/spirit can work together to produce better health. It teaches readers how to take charge of your health and find your path to the best health possible. Which therapies are right for you and your health problems? Find out in this easy-to-read guide to all of the therapies available outside the drugs-and-surgery world of mainstream medicine. Uncover the latest scientific research that's opening the door to therapies both ancient and modern that are available to help you improve your health.

"Healing with Words," by author Diana M. Raab, is a unique, compassionate story written by a nurse, author, and mother of three, who at the age of forty-seven found her life shattered by a diagnosis with DCIS with invasion. Five years later she was diagnosed once again to yet another, seemingly unrelated and incurable blood cancer—multiple myeloma. The book includes the author’s experiences, reflections, poetry, journal entries, in addition to writing prompts for readers to express their own personal story.
While coping with her loss, Raab realized that in addition to seeking immediate health care and having a supportive family, her lifeline to survival was writing about her experience. When Raab received her abnormal mammogram report, she pulled out her journal and began writing. She usually wrote first thing in the morning when her thoughts were the purest. Raab considers journaling to be like a daily vitamin—healing, detoxifying and essential for optimal health.

Gruver provides interesting and helpful ways to better care for yourself and your family. This is a great self help tool for the novice as well as those experienced in natural health protocols. Pick up a self help health book today and almost ways you will find a chapter on "Be your own advocate." Patients need to help themselves, rather than solely rely on western medical doctors. Demand for better health care is putting the general public on alert that they need to delve deeper into how to prevent chronic and degenerating diseases. Being your own advocate requires you to research and explore more natural alternatives and this book is a great primer.

"Being There When It Counts" edited by George W. Doherty is what Disaster Mental Health Services (DMHS) teams try hardest to achieve before, during and following disasters, critical incidents, crises, and terrorist activities. Although a relatively new field, these teams have quickly become an integral part of disaster and critical incident preparedness, mitigation, response, and follow-up.
DMHS began with Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Critical Incident Stress Management. In order to continue to grow and meet identified needs, both continued development as well as focused research.Research will help identify how Mental Health Services can best be utilized as well as how relevant changes need to be made in practice. Networking and sharing experiences can also help develop resources. The 8th Rocky Mountain Region Disaster Mental Health Conference was held Nov. 7-9, 2009 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. This volume highlights key papers from presenters